Very sad to hear.. Spoke to him a month ago. This summer Chuck's dad and someone were debating about whether a certain Tomlinson distance rating in DRF was valid for turf, (or something like that), and I said, "How about we call Tomlinson and get the answer?" He was delighted we called and said he was hoping to get to Saratoga for a couple of days with his friend Charlie Judge who is also a figure/rating maker of note.
Lee Tomlinson loved racing and made a lasting contribution to it. I know some people don't think much of the system, but I can remember when I first started ordering his sire ratings books and would be so excited when the latest edition would arrive. I'd sit down to work out the numbers for offspring. It would be exciting to discover a 20-1 juvenile that had a high score for mud or turf. And you would feel so clever when you cashed with a runner that you found with the 'Tommies' because you felt you had info that most didn't.
Will reach out for Judge to have him talk about Lee on ATR tonight.. RIP..
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